Yes, I know UFC 162 was overly talked about, but I just read something new (to me at leats) that was intriguing.

AS said (on an interview in Brazil) that the fight contract he had with Weidman had a rematch clause. No matter who won, it had to give the loser a rematch!!

I might be new to the MMA community, but I never heard of such thing.

Obviously some comments on the page were claiming that this was proof of the fix (something I don't believe one bit).

But what is your take on this? Why such clause?

I haven't heard of a rematch clause in MMA. I have in Boxing, where a champion that has been a dominant one for a while will give a challenger a chance, just in case of a possible upset the champ that loses doesent want to go back to the challenging route, instead they get the rematch to really see if it was a bad night. Case in point when Lennox Lewis fought Hasim Rahman he got cocky and knocked out, if he never signed the instant rematch clause then Lewis wouldn't of got to knock him out brutally which he did within a few rounds.

I think Ando was misquoted that Weidman would get a instant rematch, I don't beleive that for a second. Ando(like Lewis) a dominant champion deserved the rematch, and he's gonna find out against Chris to see if it wasent a fluke or bad night.

He also said that the UFC 162 contract had a rematch with victory or defeat. "The contract had that whoever won would give the rematch to the other, so there would be the rematch either way. If it wasn't in the contract I would've given more time, rest, think about martial arts etc."

He also said that the UFC 162 contract had a rematch with victory or defeat. "The contract had that whoever won would give the rematch to the other, so there would be the rematch either way. If it wasn't in the contract I would've given more time, rest, think about martial arts etc."

cheers for the translation bro
I actually don't see anything fishy about this at all to be honest,
it just shows that Weidman's lawyer and manager had some serious negotiation skills

Probably just a technicality so that Anderson would have the immediate rematch available. It would still be up to the UFC whether they wanted to give Weidman a rematch, which would have most likely been a 'no.'

What I posted was that there was an immediate rematch clause REGARDLESS of who wins. Your link seemed to say that AS would get a rematch with a loss, not the other way around, which is the "shocking" part.

What I posted was that there was an immediate rematch clause REGARDLESS of who wins. Your link seemed to say that AS would get a rematch with a loss, not the other way around, which is the "shocking" part.

Yeah, clearly a misquote or something lost in translation. Dana had already talked about who were next in line had Anderson won.
Nothing new.

Weidman was on the last fight of his contract. There is no way he would have had a rematch clause written into a contract that didn't exist. Weidman has said basically since the fight was signed that he knew he was going to have to beat Anderson twice in a row to be the champ and was looking forward to doing just that.

Probably just a technicality so that Anderson would have the immediate rematch available. It would still be up to the UFC whether they wanted to give Weidman a rematch, which would have most likely been a 'no.'

Weidman was on the last fight of his contract. There is no way he would have had a rematch clause written into a contract that didn't exist. Weidman has said basically since the fight was signed that he knew he was going to have to beat Anderson twice in a row to be the champ and was looking forward to doing just that.

This is exactly right, people must not have been paying attention or chose to do their business when this was discussed months before the fight.The UFC offered to hammer out the new contract for CW prior to the fight, he said wait till I'm champ then lets talk. As far as the rematch goes? Once again, if you were paying attention, CW has always said from the beginning he knew he would have to beat Silva twice, preferably in NY, at the Garden to be specific. AS wins? Weidman isn't in the discussion. It's GSP/JBJ, unless both lose their upcoming bouts. Simple Science eh Bucho?